# Hulu 9 Hacker News commenters recommended Hulu and 30 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for a few good shows and a good player, though its library is thin. Critics often cite rising prices and ads on ad-free plans. ## Why people recommend it - Has some good shows (2 comments): "I can only thing of 5-10 great Hulu shows; I don't really know what to watch on there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832502)) "they do have some good stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468980)) ## What people warn about - Prices rise and costs add up (4 comments): "all of them being independent monthly subscriptions ON TOP of your Internet plan that add up to being way more than your old cable or satellite subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47742728)) "Creating islands of content exclusive to that platform and then raise prices after record breaking profits and mergers to create a monopoly?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832590)) "$22/month for Hulu, $27/month for Netflix, Amazon Prime where you pay for the privilege of paying to rent some movies." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50123869)) - Ads on ad-free plans (4 comments): "their supposedly "ad-free" plans will now be allowed to include ads and promotional content" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832376)) "see for example Netflix or Hulu, where you pay a subscription and are advertised to" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353661)) "I don't want to turn the platform to "Hulu" with their annoying ads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391206)) - Content split across exclusives (3 comments): "Creating islands of content exclusive to that platform and then raise prices after record breaking profits and mergers to create a monopoly?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832590)) "the overlap of libraries (Hulu and Disney are increasingly the same thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49641895)) "then we started getting some hulu exclusives (not available in Canada)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360773)) - Buggy app and playback issues (3 comments): "Usually, it’s the app falling into a fugue state, at some point, as I am channel-surfing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46056184)) "it takes 30 seconds for the audio and video streams to sync up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153517)) "Why should I have to restart the app each time I navigate in?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368904)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [YouTube Premium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-premium.md): 197 recommend - [Netflix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netflix.md): 181 recommend - [Nebula](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nebula.md): 58 recommend - [HBO](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hbo.md): 32 recommend - [Amazon Prime Video](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-prime-video.md): 29 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.hulu.com/welcome) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Hulu", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hulu/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).